Trump Bets on a Biden Debate Gaffe to Revive His Campaign
- President wants to show Biden as old, confused and meandering
- Frontrunner Biden doesn’t need to debate but commits to three
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Donald Trump’s struggling campaign is increasingly pinning his re-election on the claim that Joe Biden is mentally unfit for the job -- and is looking toward the presidential debates as an opportunity to goad the 77-year-old Democratic nominee into a gaffe that will sink his rising poll numbers.
Biden is enjoying front-runner status but has accomplished that largely with a highly scripted campaign. Although the coronavirus pandemic has ended the informal glad-handing with voters and parrying with reporters that Biden relishes, it has also protected him from his own famously runaway tongue.The Trump campaign says more debates would put Biden’s age on display.